Weaponry

hi2416 · 16-03-2002, 03:46 AM

Well we really havent had a good topic to stew over for a while so i thought i would start one.

i have a questions that you guys can begin to stew over

The shoham (dont mind my spelling) project was made to transmit electricity (by microwave i would think) collected from the panels thru genom tower for the dragon line. How the fudge did galatea use it as a giant laser?!

I suppose you could say - its a giant mircowave cannon, it is, but that really shouldnt detroy tokyo.

i am aware that we have had a discussion b4 about the cannon, it was if we thought the shot actually took out tokyo or just paralised it.

Lurker · 16-03-2002, 04:10 AM

Whether it's in the microwave or visible light portion of the EM spectrum doesn't make a difference if there's enough power in it.

MP2100 · 16-03-2002, 04:16 AM

there are LASERS and MASERS
Microwave versions of a laser using microwave electromagnetic frequencies instead of the light wavelengths
just as powerful

hi2416 · 16-03-2002, 04:29 AM

But still, how did she utalise it for a cannon of mass destruction?

MP2100 · 16-03-2002, 04:55 AM

from way up in space the angle change on the array of dishes would only need to be very small as the genom tower is IN tokyo.
and the whole array must be harnessing hundreds of gigawatts because mason and quincy were talking about world control of energy and that would mean a very BIG weapon

Lt Zechs · 16-03-2002, 07:40 AM

I thought the shoham (I dont know how to spell it either

) project transmitted the electricity from solar panels in space to the dragon-line, through the transport system. When it lands the charge gathered transmits the electricity to the line. But now that I think of it using mircowaves does seem better. I dont know what gave me the idea of that, maybe all the scenes with the transport coming in for a landing. Was this the orginal power system? Or does it have nothing to do with anything and I need to watch the series again?

With the microwave cannon, they can be used as weapons, using the right frequencies and more power they can fry just about anything. Thats probably what Galatea did, bringing all the panels together. I dont think it did destroy Tokyo, since the KS were attacking it and it wasnt at full power.
I think mircowaves cant really be used to destroy large areas, its better at centering on a concentrated target, and just warming up the surrounding area. Like the ones we use as appliances,. it would be uneven distribution of the energy, but with enough power it could be pretty destructive, and the power source was the sun.

MP2100 · 16-03-2002, 08:14 AM

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Originally posted by Lt Zechs
I thought the shoham (I dont know how to spell it either ) project transmitted the electricity from solar panels in space to the dragon-line, through the transport system. When it lands the charge gathered transmits the electricity to the line. But now that I think of it using mircowaves does seem better. I dont know what gave me the idea of that, maybe all the scenes with the transport coming in for a landing. Was this the orginal power system? Or does it have nothing to do with anything and I need to watch the series again?

i think that that skyhook was a temporary measure to get power to tokyo until the shoham project was finished, and to test the dragon line

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With the microwave cannon, they can be used as weapons, using the right frequencies and more power they can fry just about anything. Thats probably what Galatea did, bringing all the panels together. I dont think it did destroy Tokyo, since the KS were attacking it and it wasnt at full power.
I think mircowaves cant really be used to destroy large areas, its better at centering on a concentrated target, and just warming up the surrounding area. Like the ones we use as appliances,. it would be uneven distribution of the energy, but with enough power it could be pretty destructive, and the power source was the sun.

like i said though, we're talking about so moocho power output here, so a coupla hundred gigiwatts can really do the job

Final_Eschelon · 16-03-2002, 08:37 PM

Yep. The showham project would have been able to provide a ridiculous amount of power to Mega-Tokyo. Focusing the energy of a giant solar array orbiting the Earth into a beam would be able to create a point of radiant heat powerful enough to melt and destroy pretty much any Earth based object.

It'd be like if somebody found a way to run a microwave with the door open, focused all the energy it put out, and aimed it at an ant. The ant would be incinerated in virtually zero-time. The air would explode with heat at the point of concentration, and it would act just like a laser in terms of radiation concentrated into a small area and focused along a path.

I know I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that space array. It would be a bit warm, to say the least.

F.E.: "Hey, check this out! My flesh is melting from my bones!"

Bystander: "Woah..."

hi2416 · 19-03-2002, 04:32 AM

Well lets stew again!

Another question? what exactly are the orginal hardsuits made of, why and how do they morph like they do?

Im taking it as there is a programed design the hardsuit forms, however i didnt think the orginal hardsuits were completly inner metal - how do they morph?

when nigel makes linnas suit for example - its like a big hunk of metal - and it just morphs into linnas suit

Lurker · 19-03-2002, 05:30 AM

It would have to be some advanced alloy whose state can be changed from solid to liquid and molded by an electrical signal.

n00b · 19-03-2002, 08:05 AM

i though it was just boomer parts that have been compressed to a certain shape.

Final_Eschelon · 19-03-2002, 06:13 PM

The new-style armors might possibly be constructed of billions of nanomachines. That would account for the "heatless" liquid state of the metal (Linna calls it cold when she first gets into her new suit, I think). Also, it would account for the armors' remarkable strength, flexibility, and their ability to alter shapes without crushing the women inside them.

Lt Zechs · 19-03-2002, 10:52 PM

I agree with n00b, I thought there were Boomer parts as well, but they were prevented from going rogue but restricting the power input, by useing limited batteries. And the reason they went rogue in the presence of Galatea was due to the massive power output she gave and also cause she's Galatea

hi2416 · 20-03-2002, 03:46 AM

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Originally posted by Final_Eschelon
The new-style armors might possibly be constructed of billions of nanomachines. That would account for the "heatless" liquid state of the metal (Linna calls it cold when she first gets into her new suit, I think). Also, it would account for the armors' remarkable strength, flexibility, and their ability to alter shapes without crushing the women inside them.

Thanks Eschy, youre right.

I actualy pondered that question the other day - how could the hardsuit possible be able to let the KS move in every possible way, it would be immpossible if the hardsuit was in a few sections.

For eg. we can bend our back, twist our legs, twist our torsos a hardsuit would have to be pretty special to be able to handle the task - of pretty much being a second body.

wheres mp2100 when you need him?

MP2100 · 20-03-2002, 04:46 AM

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Originally posted by hi2416

Thanks Eschy, youre right.

I actualy pondered that question the other day - how could the hardsuit possible be able to let the KS move in every possible way, it would be immpossible if the hardsuit was in a few sections.

For eg. we can bend our back, twist our legs, twist our torsos a hardsuit would have to be pretty special to be able to handle the task - of pretty much being a second body.

wheres mp2100 when you need him?

here i am..

i think it's like an solid suit, all the joints would be articulated by rotator cusps. just the limbs would be solid